The 2026 OHEN Resource Fair will be held Friday Sept. 11th at Oaks Amusement Park. Add your business to our notification list at vendor@OHEN.org
with Supporting Sponsors
Join us at Oaks Park’s annual Not Back to School Day event on September 11, 2026, 11am to 3pm. Special day of rides just for homeschoolers and their families, with 40% off the regular retail prices for ride bracelets! Click HERE to read Oaks Park’s homeschool policies and to get your advance tickets!
OHEN’s own NBTSD tradition, the Homeschool Resource and Curriculum Fair, will be held indoors in the Dance Pavilion, from 11am to 3pm. Note that the Resource Fair starts an hour before the rides open and closes an hour before the rides close!. We’ll be hosting a variety of displays and activities for you this year:
- Commercial vendors and activities for your homeschool life (books! projects! classes! volunteer opportunities!)
- Individual and home-based vendors (tutors, private lessons, field trips, home-based business)
- ASK OHEN table staffed with volunteers to answer all your homeschooling questions. Five-minute presentations on topics of interest throughout the day.
- Curriculum Fair! (click for more information) Bring your used curriculum to sell on consignment or shop for items of interest.
Make plans to visit the Resource Fair in the Dance Pavilion during the day!
Vendors featured in the Resource Fair will have interactive projects and giveaways for you!
Sunbreak Therapy Services – Play Plinko and win a prize, coloring pages
OpenEd – Indoor Sun prints
Village Home – Find the Otter game and VH tote
Classical Conversations – Memory Master, Number Knockout, and Roman Arch challenges
Confident Homeschool Moms – Wiki stix and a giveaway basket
Engineering for Kids – Design and build Truss bridges, interactive robotics, explore animation, and design a safe landing system
Oregon Coast Aquarium – Amazing facts about Marine life
Meraki School of Democracy – Fun games and coloring pages
Gilbert House Children’s Museum – Fun, hands-on activity for kids
Handwriting Success – Writing visitors’ names in calligraphy
Northwest Reading Clinic – Quizzes and goodie bags
Echo Theater Company – How to juggle and balance different objects
Harmony Road Oregon – Musical coloring sheets
Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted – Coloring pages
Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals – Touchable rocks, minerals, and fossils
My Gym Happy Valley – Stop by and receive a free class
The End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center – Dip your own candle to take home, stickers for younger kids
Multnomah County Library – Prize wheel, book lists, activities
Scouting America – Lego derby
Northwest Fencing Center – Fencing equipment and information
Trackers Earth – Coloring pages and prize wheel
Metropolitan Youth Symphony – Flyers, stickers
Community Bible Study (Beaverton) – Coloring pages, sample lesson books
Oregon Destination Imagination – Play Protect Gilbert Grape. Participants will “save” Gilbert Grape by using materials to protect him (the grape) from a crusher
Summit Learning Charter
Turning Point USA – Buttons, stickers, posters, pocket Constitutions, prize wheel
The Number Garden – Joyful Mathematics
Happy Valley Math Masters – Math related crafts, coloring activities
Tillamook Forest Center – Animal pelts and habitat information
Cornerstone Music – Music “petting zoo” hands on music with music instruments
My Reading Tutors – Interactive spinning wheel
Canvas & Code: STEAM Based Art Exploration – Design and build your own rocket
Guitar Center – Instruments to play, 15-minute mini session
Riviera Christian Academy International – Explore website and ask questions
Judith Boothby MS DC PC – Brochures
Oaks Park Association – Reverse Engineer a skate, STEM crossword challenge and word search